Insights into Cretaceous-Palaeogene sediment transport paths and basin evolution in the North Atlantic from a heavy mineral study of sandstones from southern East Greenland

• Main Authors: Whitham, A G, Morton, Andrew, Fanning, Christopher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society Publishing House 2015
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87631

Major changes in sandstone provenance occurred during the deposition of the Cretaceous-Eocene succession in Kangerlussuaq, southern East Greenland. These changes can be recognized on the basis of provenance sensitive heavy mineral parameters (apatite:tourmaline and rutile:zircon ratios and garnet ge...